to be a member of the tuesday group, and our real leader is congressman dent, my colleague and close friend from pennsylvania. what do you think the chances are that this version of the bill, though, sees a vote? what s your cut? i don t want to guess. i m not sure when that will occur, but i think first and foremost we have to fund the government of the united states. so, you would if democrats would hold up health care with regard to funding the government, you would support not bringing a vote on health care in order to keep the government open, yes? i think it s in the discretion of speaker ryan when that bill on health care is brought to the floor. okay. and i do not presume to advise the speaker. i think it s extremely important, essential that we fund the government of the united states, and i would urge my democratic colleagues to vote for that. congressman leonard lance, thank you so much, congressman. appreciate the time. thank you, kate. we are following
politico reports some members of the moderate tuesday group are privately griping that tom mcarthur, who s negotiating the amendment, has done so without the wider group s blessing. others have reservations about the amendment itself. you ve gone from yes to maybe? yes. i m a no. do you still think it puts more pressure on the moderates to come along with this. i always vote my conscience and what s best for the district i serve. i was concerned about what was going to happen with seniors, allowing insurance companies to charge seniors fife times more than a young healthy person. wasn t addressed in any of these. the concerns i ve had have not been addressed by the current proposals. are you a no now? i have not decided. i need a thorough explanation and analysis of how this works and how it continues or keeps our commitment to those with pre-existing conditions. i think the bill s gotten better, so if this is the final form we have, i certainly would
reaching a compromise so that key can get help to all of our constituents. i don t know how many of the tuesday group, the more moderate group will be there. but, we were all trying to get there. and from the beginning. we had said let us get in the room with the tuesday group and work this out. but originally our leadership did not want to compromise off of what we already had. but we were determined. if we re not going to get a full repeal we have at least got to get help with these skyrocketing premiums. now. brian: right. when you talk to each other, it s always better rather than being told there is a deadline. exactly. brian: is it true you could have a vote friday or saturday? we re up against a break. we could have a vote friday. the rules committee got it in last night before midnight. could be friday or saturday. we could be voting on it friday. i hope we are. brian: exciting things. louie gohmert. the president was excited too. it was great talking to him. brian: good
support it. one more note. politico reports republican leaders are moving to get rid of a provision that s irked many. as is, members of congress and their staffs would have their coverage under obamacare preserved white states could opt out. the new plan would strike that exemption. joining us on set, national political reporter for axius jonathan swan. you heard it said, it s as good as we can get. is there an appetite right now with republicans to find a way to get to yes? there is. but with a huge caveat. the appetite is in the leadership. it s not so much in the moderate group yet. i was texting last night with leadership sources. i would sort of characterize them as slightly pessimistic. they know that the moderates are furious about the process. they believe they weren t included, really. right. even though mcarthur was negotiating on behalf of the tuesday group, a bunch say, no, i wasn t represented. so, they re furious about the
preexisting conditions. next we will talk to one of the members of the moderate republican group, the tuesdays, the face of the health care bill is in their hands. are they going to get on board? then president trump gets shut down again by the ninth circuit court of appeals. now he s saying that court should be broken up. plus, all 100 senators take a bus ride call to the white house for a north korea briefing. what did they learn? the republican chair of the foreign relations committee didn t seem too pumped. it was an okay briefing. what do you mean okay briefing? you didn t learn much? i it was okay. (counting for hide n seek.) ready or not, here i come. anyone can dream.